Comments on: Slavery of the Mind http://wageslaverebel.com/slavery-of-the-mind/ Lessons in Dismantling the Status Quo Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:06:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Robert http://wageslaverebel.com/slavery-of-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Robert Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:57:37 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=669#comment-984 <p>Awesome mental framing. I appreciated how your approached it, and I couldn't agree more. Mastering the mind is the only true path to freedom. The power I see in being adept in your own mind control is that your physical actions will follow the stand you've made for yourself up in your noggin. (although they don't have to) Good story! .-= Robert´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLifeDesignProject/~3/0U8vQAz-RwM/" rel="nofollow">The LDP | Update: Slowed, Not Stopped</a> =-.</p> Awesome mental framing. I appreciated how your approached it, and I couldn’t agree more. Mastering the mind is the only true path to freedom. The power I see in being adept in your own mind control is that your physical actions will follow the stand you’ve made for yourself up in your noggin. (although they don’t have to) Good story! .-= Robert´s last blog ..The LDP | Update: Slowed, Not Stopped =-.

]]> By: Friday’s Links — A Meaningful Existence http://wageslaverebel.com/slavery-of-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Friday’s Links — A Meaningful Existence Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:15:22 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=669#comment-981 <p>[...] Siento guest posted a very thought-provoking article titled Slavery of the Mind at Wage Slave [...]</p> [...] Siento guest posted a very thought-provoking article titled Slavery of the Mind at Wage Slave [...]

]]> By: Karen http://wageslaverebel.com/slavery-of-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-974 Karen Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:14:00 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=669#comment-974 <p>So, you made up that parable? If so, that a very impressive bit of writing. My hat off to you.</p> <p>I think we, as human beings, go through certain cycles of fear/non-fear. It's seems to be easy to be unafraid when you're young, but then life happens and your fear grows. Maybe you have more to lose or perceive reality more.</p> <p>At a certain age (or when you reach a certain mentality) the fear starts ebbing away again. I think the older I get, the less fear I have because I've learned through the years that worst-case scenarios rarely happen and more often than not, what we feared never really materialize.</p> <p>Thanks for the response, Karen</p> So, you made up that parable? If so, that a very impressive bit of writing. My hat off to you.

I think we, as human beings, go through certain cycles of fear/non-fear. It’s seems to be easy to be unafraid when you’re young, but then life happens and your fear grows. Maybe you have more to lose or perceive reality more.

At a certain age (or when you reach a certain mentality) the fear starts ebbing away again. I think the older I get, the less fear I have because I’ve learned through the years that worst-case scenarios rarely happen and more often than not, what we feared never really materialize.

Thanks for the response, Karen

]]> By: Mike Siete Cinco http://wageslaverebel.com/slavery-of-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-973 Mike Siete Cinco Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:09:43 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=669#comment-973 <p>@Steven- Really? a government that can monitor and regulate people's thoughts? Awesome. I mean awesome in that I would ask the cops how they do it so I can police my own thoughts, that has always been my wish, to somehow control the thoughts swimming around in my mind. Not all the way there, but my thoughts have become much more pleasant which has turned my emotions much sweeter.</p> <p>@Karen- I've read some of Pavlina's work and I find it incredibly valuable but very clinical. To me anyway.</p> <p>I wrote the parable to describe the way I felt within myself throughout the majority of my life. For some reason, I grew up experiencing a certain fear, about many things, and this fear dominated my thoughts. I knew that there was a way to escape---and I was wild and willful as hell---but I was always afraid. Fear ruled me.</p> <p>Because this all was happening within myself, unlike Sara, I didn't have the option to leave. I HAD to stay and fight. And I realized that through my struggle, the more I surrendered, the free-er (not a word, but oh well) I felt.</p> <p>Thanks for the comments! .-= Mike Siete Cinco´s last blog ..<a href="http://mikesietecinco.com/2010/01/i-want-to-win-eating-fast-food-and-wage-slave-rebels/" rel="nofollow">Day 7: I WANT TO WIN, Eating Fast Food and Wage Slave Rebels</a> =-.</p> @Steven- Really? a government that can monitor and regulate people’s thoughts? Awesome. I mean awesome in that I would ask the cops how they do it so I can police my own thoughts, that has always been my wish, to somehow control the thoughts swimming around in my mind. Not all the way there, but my thoughts have become much more pleasant which has turned my emotions much sweeter.

@Karen- I’ve read some of Pavlina’s work and I find it incredibly valuable but very clinical. To me anyway.

I wrote the parable to describe the way I felt within myself throughout the majority of my life. For some reason, I grew up experiencing a certain fear, about many things, and this fear dominated my thoughts. I knew that there was a way to escape—and I was wild and willful as hell—but I was always afraid. Fear ruled me.

Because this all was happening within myself, unlike Sara, I didn’t have the option to leave. I HAD to stay and fight. And I realized that through my struggle, the more I surrendered, the free-er (not a word, but oh well) I felt.

Thanks for the comments! .-= Mike Siete Cinco´s last blog ..Day 7: I WANT TO WIN, Eating Fast Food and Wage Slave Rebels =-.

]]> By: Karen http://wageslaverebel.com/slavery-of-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-972 Karen Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:26:38 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=669#comment-972 <p>Is 1984 where the quote is from? I haven't read the book, but the parable is very powerful.</p> <p>I agree that slavery is a state of mind. It's crazy how much of our power we give away to pieces of paper. Pavlina has a great similar article which made me think of slavery while in a cubicle: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2009/10/you-vs-the-cubicle/</p> <p>Sometimes it's so easy to do option 3 - do nothing. We must keep in mind that the struggle to unleash the shackles are worth it.</p> <p>Interesting article.</p> Is 1984 where the quote is from? I haven’t read the book, but the parable is very powerful.

I agree that slavery is a state of mind. It’s crazy how much of our power we give away to pieces of paper. Pavlina has a great similar article which made me think of slavery while in a cubicle: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2009/10/you-vs-the-cubicle/

Sometimes it’s so easy to do option 3 – do nothing. We must keep in mind that the struggle to unleash the shackles are worth it.

Interesting article.

]]> By: Steven Ponec http://wageslaverebel.com/slavery-of-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-971 Steven Ponec Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:53:15 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=669#comment-971 <p>Good suggestion! 1984 is a great book about a totalitarian government. There are thought police and you are demanded not to think about certain things.</p> <p>If we are slave to our emotions and thoughts, we can feel trapped, and spend a lot of time reacting to life. Becoming free of thoughts (especially negative), and trying to stop identifying with emotions goes hand in hand with your site about rebelling against the status quo.</p> <p>Well written article Mike! I really enjoyed it :)</p> Good suggestion! 1984 is a great book about a totalitarian government. There are thought police and you are demanded not to think about certain things.

If we are slave to our emotions and thoughts, we can feel trapped, and spend a lot of time reacting to life. Becoming free of thoughts (especially negative), and trying to stop identifying with emotions goes hand in hand with your site about rebelling against the status quo.

Well written article Mike! I really enjoyed it :)

]]> By: Mike Siete Cinco http://wageslaverebel.com/slavery-of-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-967 Mike Siete Cinco Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:55:15 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=669#comment-967 <p>@Gordie, I've never heard of 1984, but something tells me I should check it out...</p> <p>@Nate, I would be curious to hear the circumstances surrounding the "day" you made that commitment to living life on your terms. What was the catalyst? .-= Mike Siete Cinco´s last blog ..<a href="http://mikesietecinco.com/2010/01/day-6-the-unofficial-new-year-conversations-with-life-and-please-dont-tell-on-me/" rel="nofollow">Day 6: The Unofficial New Year, Conversations with Life and Please Don’t Tell On Me</a> =-.</p> @Gordie, I’ve never heard of 1984, but something tells me I should check it out…

@Nate, I would be curious to hear the circumstances surrounding the “day” you made that commitment to living life on your terms. What was the catalyst? .-= Mike Siete Cinco´s last blog ..Day 6: The Unofficial New Year, Conversations with Life and Please Don’t Tell On Me =-.

]]> By: Nate http://wageslaverebel.com/slavery-of-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-966 Nate Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:51:38 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=669#comment-966 <p>Awesome stuff. It really is all about a choice. I still remember the day I made the choice to do my best to not live the life that society has tried to usher me into. It's a daily struggle, but progress is being made for sure. .-= Nate´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.thewaythatyouwander.com/low-budget-content-creation-experiment/" rel="nofollow">low-budget content creation experiment</a> =-.</p> Awesome stuff. It really is all about a choice. I still remember the day I made the choice to do my best to not live the life that society has tried to usher me into. It’s a daily struggle, but progress is being made for sure. .-= Nate´s last blog ..low-budget content creation experiment =-.

]]> By: Gordie http://wageslaverebel.com/slavery-of-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-965 Gordie Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:54:54 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=669#comment-965 <p>Time for me to read 1984 again I think. :)</p> <p>Fear of the unknown is probably the biggest cause of mental slavery. .-= Gordie´s last blog ..<a href="http://lifestyledesignforyou.com/2010/01/captain-australia-intervie/" rel="nofollow">Interview With Captain Australia.</a> =-.</p> Time for me to read 1984 again I think. :)

Fear of the unknown is probably the biggest cause of mental slavery. .-= Gordie´s last blog ..Interview With Captain Australia. =-.

]]>